Leghorn
[leg-hawrn for 1–3; leg-ern, -hawrn for 4]
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noun
English name of Livorno.
(lowercase) a fine, smooth, plaited straw.
(lowercase) a hat made of such straw, often having a broad, soft brim.
one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens that are prolific layers of white-shelled eggs.
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The ship had a good run from off Mahon to Leghorn where we anchored in the outer roads.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
Who that has landed at Calais, at Rotterdam, or at Leghorn, has not felt this?
Jack HintonCharles James Lever
Genoa is with us at a word; so are Leghorn and the towns of the Romagna.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
I sailed for Lerici, where I arrived the next day, and then posted to Leghorn.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
From a lover, who will not be back at Leghorn for a week or ten days.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
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Word Origin for leghorn
C19: named after Leghorn (Livorno)
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